Question Marks - PowerPoint

Designed for Year 1 students, the teaching resource focuses on the introduction and proper use of question marks in English. The resource aligns with the national curriculum objectives, aiming to help students begin punctuating sentences with question marks and demarcate sentences that are questions. The programme of study encompasses vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation, enhancing writing skills by understanding the structure and purpose of questions. Students learn that a question is a sentence that seeks information and always ends with a question mark, which replaces the full stop. They do not need to use both punctuation marks at the end of a sentence.

The resource includes a variety of exercises to help students identify questions among other sentences and to formulate their own questions using common question words like 'who', 'what', 'when', 'where', 'why', and 'how'. It also addresses that not all sentences starting with these words are questions and provides examples of such statements. Furthermore, students are encouraged to think critically by creating questions for given answers and completing sentences with the appropriate question words. The exercises are designed to ensure that students can distinguish between statements and questions, use question marks correctly, and understand the role of question words in sentence formation.